TELL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
   • according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son’’s head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
   Synonym(s)
   • William Tell (what does William Tell mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Tell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • archer (what does archer mean?)
   • bowman (what does bowman mean?)

TELL as VERB

1. Meaning
   • mark as different
   Synonym(s)
   • differentiate (what does differentiate mean?)
   • distinguish (what does distinguish mean?)
   • secern (what does secern mean?)
   • secernate (what does secernate mean?)
   • separate (what does separate mean?)
   • severalise (what does severalise mean?)
   • severalize (what does severalize mean?)
   • tell apart (what does tell apart mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • We distinguish several kinds of maple
   Hypernyms(s) tell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • identify (what does identify mean?)
   • place (what does place mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • know (what does know mean?)
   • discriminate (what does discriminate mean?)
   • know apart (what does know apart mean?)
   • label (what does label mean?)
   • label (what does label mean?)
   • sex (what does sex mean?)
   • individualize (what does individualize mean?)
   • individualise (what does individualise mean?)
   • contrast (what does contrast mean?)
   • severalize (what does severalize mean?)
   • severalise (what does severalise mean?)
   • contradistinguish (what does contradistinguish mean?)
   • decouple (what does decouple mean?)
   • dissociate (what does dissociate mean?)
   • demarcate (what does demarcate mean?)
   • discriminate (what does discriminate mean?)
   • separate (what does separate mean?)
   • single out (what does single out mean?)
   • stratify (what does stratify mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • deviation (what does deviation mean?)
   • divergence (what does divergence mean?)
   • departure (what does departure mean?)
   • difference (what does difference mean?)
   • difference (what does difference mean?)
   • differentiation (what does differentiation mean?)
   • distinction (what does distinction mean?)
   • differentiator (what does differentiator mean?)
   • discriminator (what does discriminator mean?)
   • differentiation (what does differentiation mean?)
   • distinction (what does distinction mean?)
   Entail(s)
   • compare (what does compare mean?)
2. Meaning
   • discern or comprehend
   Usage Example(s)
   • He could tell that she was unhappy
   Hypernyms(s) tell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • guess (what does guess mean?)
   • infer (what does infer mean?)
3. Meaning
   • give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
   Synonym(s)
   • enjoin (what does enjoin mean?)
   • order (what does order mean?)
   • say (what does say mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • I said to him to go home
   • She ordered him to do the shopping
   • The mother told the child to get dressed
   Hypernyms(s) tell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • request (what does request mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • direct (what does direct mean?)
   • instruct (what does instruct mean?)
   • command (what does command mean?)
   • require (what does require mean?)
   • compel (what does compel mean?)
   • call (what does call mean?)
   • send for (what does send for mean?)
   • warn (what does warn mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • injunction (what does injunction mean?)
   • decree (what does decree mean?)
   • edict (what does edict mean?)
   • fiat (what does fiat mean?)
   • order (what does order mean?)
   • rescript (what does rescript mean?)
   • order (what does order mean?)
4. Meaning
   • let something be known
   Usage Example(s)
   • Tell them that you will be late
   Hypernyms(s) tell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • inform (what does inform mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • digress (what does digress mean?)
   • stray (what does stray mean?)
   • divagate (what does divagate mean?)
   • wander (what does wander mean?)
   • bespeak (what does bespeak mean?)
   • betoken (what does betoken mean?)
   • indicate (what does indicate mean?)
   • point (what does point mean?)
   • signal (what does signal mean?)
   • disclose (what does disclose mean?)
   • let on (what does let on mean?)
   • bring out (what does bring out mean?)
   • reveal (what does reveal mean?)
   • discover (what does discover mean?)
   • expose (what does expose mean?)
   • divulge (what does divulge mean?)
   • impart (what does impart mean?)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • give away (what does give away mean?)
   • let out (what does let out mean?)
   • spill (what does spill mean?)
   • talk (what does talk mean?)
   • publicize (what does publicize mean?)
   • publicise (what does publicise mean?)
   • air (what does air mean?)
   • bare (what does bare mean?)
   • repeat (what does repeat mean?)
   • reiterate (what does reiterate mean?)
   • ingeminate (what does ingeminate mean?)
   • iterate (what does iterate mean?)
   • restate (what does restate mean?)
   • retell (what does retell mean?)
   • propagandize (what does propagandize mean?)
   • propagandise (what does propagandise mean?)
   • announce (what does announce mean?)
   • annunciate (what does annunciate mean?)
   • harbinger (what does harbinger mean?)
   • foretell (what does foretell mean?)
   • herald (what does herald mean?)
   • impart (what does impart mean?)
   • leave (what does leave mean?)
   • give (what does give mean?)
   • pass on (what does pass on mean?)
   See Also
   • tell off (what does tell off mean?)
   • brush down (what does brush down mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • narrative (what does narrative mean?)
   • narration (what does narration mean?)
   • story (what does story mean?)
   • tale (what does tale mean?)
5. Meaning
   • narrate or give a detailed account of
   Synonym(s)
   • narrate (what does narrate mean?)
   • recite (what does recite mean?)
   • recount (what does recount mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Tell what happened
   • The father told a story to his child
   Hypernyms(s) tell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • inform (what does inform mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • relate (what does relate mean?)
   • crack (what does crack mean?)
   • yarn (what does yarn mean?)
   • rhapsodize (what does rhapsodize mean?)
   • rhapsodise (what does rhapsodise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • recital (what does recital mean?)
   • narration (what does narration mean?)
   • recital (what does recital mean?)
   • yarn (what does yarn mean?)
   • relation (what does relation mean?)
   • telling (what does telling mean?)
   • recounting (what does recounting mean?)
   • narration (what does narration mean?)
   • narrative (what does narrative mean?)
   • narration (what does narration mean?)
   • story (what does story mean?)
   • tale (what does tale mean?)
   • narration (what does narration mean?)
   • recital (what does recital mean?)
   • yarn (what does yarn mean?)
   • narrator (what does narrator mean?)
   • storyteller (what does storyteller mean?)
   • teller (what does teller mean?)
   • narrative (what does narrative mean?)
   • narration (what does narration mean?)
   • story (what does story mean?)
   • tale (what does tale mean?)
   • narrator (what does narrator mean?)
   • storyteller (what does storyteller mean?)
   • teller (what does teller mean?)
   • relation (what does relation mean?)
   • telling (what does telling mean?)
   • recounting (what does recounting mean?)
6. Meaning
   • give evidence
   Synonym(s)
   • evidence (what does evidence mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he was telling on all his former colleague
   Hypernyms(s) tell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • inform (what does inform mean?)
   See Also
   • recognize (what does recognize mean?)
   • recognise (what does recognise mean?)
   • distinguish (what does distinguish mean?)
   • discern (what does discern mean?)
   • pick out (what does pick out mean?)
   • make out (what does make out mean?)
   • tell apart (what does tell apart mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • evidence (what does evidence mean?)
   • tattle (what does tattle mean?)
   • singing (what does singing mean?)
   • telling (what does telling mean?)
7. Meaning
   • express in words
   Synonym(s)
   • say (what does say mean?)
   • state (what does state mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • He said that he wanted to marry her
   • tell me what is bothering you
   • state your opinion
   • state your name
   Hypernyms(s) tell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • express (what does express mean?)
   • verbalize (what does verbalize mean?)
   • verbalise (what does verbalise mean?)
   • utter (what does utter mean?)
   • give tongue to (what does give tongue to mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • present (what does present mean?)
   • represent (what does represent mean?)
   • lay out (what does lay out mean?)
   • misstate (what does misstate mean?)
   • answer (what does answer mean?)
   • reply (what does reply mean?)
   • respond (what does respond mean?)
   • precede (what does precede mean?)
   • preface (what does preface mean?)
   • premise (what does premise mean?)
   • introduce (what does introduce mean?)
   • announce (what does announce mean?)
   • declare (what does declare mean?)
   • articulate (what does articulate mean?)
   • enunciate (what does enunciate mean?)
   • vocalize (what does vocalize mean?)
   • vocalise (what does vocalise mean?)
   • get out (what does get out mean?)
   • declare (what does declare mean?)
   • declare (what does declare mean?)
   • note (what does note mean?)
   • observe (what does observe mean?)
   • mention (what does mention mean?)
   • remark (what does remark mean?)
   • add (what does add mean?)
   • append (what does append mean?)
   • supply (what does supply mean?)
   • explain (what does explain mean?)
   • give (what does give mean?)
   • summarize (what does summarize mean?)
   • summarise (what does summarise mean?)
   • sum (what does sum mean?)
   • sum up (what does sum up mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • narrator (what does narrator mean?)
   • storyteller (what does storyteller mean?)
   • teller (what does teller mean?)
   • telling (what does telling mean?)
   • apprisal (what does apprisal mean?)
   • notification (what does notification mean?)
   • say (what does say mean?)
   • affirmation (what does affirmation mean?)
   • assertion (what does assertion mean?)
   • statement (what does statement mean?)
   • statement (what does statement mean?)
8. Meaning
   • inform positively and with certainty and confidence
   Synonym(s)
   • assure (what does assure mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • I tell you that man is a crook!
   Hypernyms(s) tell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • affirm (what does affirm mean?)
   • verify (what does verify mean?)
   • assert (what does assert mean?)
   • avow (what does avow mean?)
   • aver (what does aver mean?)
   • swan (what does swan mean?)
   • swear (what does swear mean?)